Improvement in satchels



E BLAKE.

SATCHEL.

Patented July 11',- 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EUPHEMIA VALE BLAKE, OF BROOK-LYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN SATCHELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,745, dated July 11,1876; application filed February 5, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Mrs. E. VALE BLAKE, ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Satchel, of which the following is a specification:

The invention is an improvement .in the class of satchelsor'traveling-bags provided with folding flaps. The improvement relates tothe construction of the satchel and connection of lock and hand straptherewith, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the satchel adjusted for a hand-bag.Fig. 2 is a perspective View of it in the larger form.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The ends A are constructed of suitable flexible material, to fold ordouble inward above the bottom portion 0, as shown at B, in whichportion they are secured by the bottom D and strap E, or otherfastenings. The sides and ends are constructed 'with flap-pieces I, -ot'leather or other suitable material, contrived to button'together, as inFig. 2, for the large bag, and to fold down inside to close the bag upin the small form represented in Fig. 1.

The side and end portions between the bottom 0 and the top pieces F maybe made of elastic material to increase the capacity of the bag bystretching.

'The bottom part 0 is made lower-at the ends than the sides to enablethe fold B to extend down to or nearly to the bottom.

The satchel is provided with a hand-strap is made to slide, to providefor variation in the size of the satchel, as when filled, partly filled,or empty. g

'What I claim is- The satchel having the flexible ends A, the

folding top portion, composed of flaps F, and the strap attachment Gr G,provided with sliding loop and hasp, and the lock H, all constructed andarranged as shown and described.

EUPHEMIA VALE BLAKE.

Witnesses JOHN F. GOUGH, A. MCKINNEY, S. V. LOWELL.

